Seed Germination Experiment Worksheet
What you do (Water, air, warmth): 1. Put cotton wool in two bowls; wet one and leave the other dry. 2. Place 10 moong seeds on each. 3. Keep both bowls in the same warm place and keep the wet cotton damp. 4. Count the sprouted seeds every day, and wash your hands.
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- 1.True or false: a magnet is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🌱 Is sugar needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 3.🌱 Seeds need water, air and ___ to sprout. (a) salt (b) sugar (c) warmth (d) soil
- 4.🌱 Which of these is needed for a seed to sprout? (a) sugar (b) air (c) salt (d) soil
- 5.🔮 Predict: seeds on wet cotton are kept in a dark cupboard. Will they sprout? (a) no, never (b) they melt (c) yes, they sprout (d) they turn to stones
- 6.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the same bowls is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 7.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a few days (b) water (c) a balloon (d) moong seeds
- 8.True or false: wet seeds by a window sprouts in a few days. (a) True (b) False
- 9.True or false: a battery cell is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 10.True or false: cotton wool is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 11.True or false: warmth is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 12.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) seeds on dry cotton (b) wet seeds by a window (c) boiled seeds (d) seeds in the freezer
- 13.🌱 Which of these sprouts in a few days? (a) seeds on dry cotton (b) seeds in the freezer (c) boiled seeds (d) seeds on wet cotton
- 14.🧺 Three of these are needed for sprouting seeds. Which one is NOT needed? (a) a magnet (b) moong seeds (c) a small bowl (d) cotton wool
- 15.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the number of seeds is kept the same. (a) False (b) True
- 16.🌱 Is warmth needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 17.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: how many seeds sprout is what we measure. (a) True (b) False
- 18.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? Which of these is kept the same? (a) the same bowls (b) wet or dry cotton (c) how many seeds sprout
- 19.🌱 Will these sprout: boiled seeds? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 20.🌱 Is soil needed for a seed to sprout? (a) needed to sprout (b) not needed to sprout
- 21.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a few days (b) a battery cell (c) moong seeds (d) water
- 22.🌱 Will these sprout: wet seeds in the dark? (a) does not sprout (b) sprouts
- 23.🧺 Do we need a mirror for sprouting seeds? (a) not needed (b) needed
- 24.🧺 Which of these is needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a balloon (b) a battery cell (c) a magnet (d) water
- 25.🌱 Why do the seeds on dry cotton not sprout? (a) they have no salt (b) they are too wet (c) they have no soil (d) they have no water
- 26.🌱 Which of these is not needed for a seed to sprout? (a) air (b) salt (c) water (d) warmth
- 27.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: the same place is kept the same. (a) True (b) False
- 28.True or false: salt is not needed for a seed to sprout. (a) True (b) False
- 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) soil (b) sugar (c) sunlight (d) warmth
- 30.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) water (b) air (c) sunlight (d) warmth
- 31.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) a magnet (b) water (c) moong seeds (d) a few days
- 32.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? True or false: wet or dry cotton is the one thing we change. (a) False (b) True
- 33.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the same bowls”? (a) we keep it the same (b) we measure it (c) we change it
- 34.🌱 Is salt needed for a seed to sprout? (a) not needed to sprout (b) needed to sprout
- 35.True or false: turmeric powder is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) False (b) True
- 36.⚖️ Fair test — do seeds need water to sprout? What do we do with “the same place”? (a) we measure it (b) we change it (c) we keep it the same
- 37.🌱 Where does a sprouting seed get its first food from? (a) the sunlight only (b) the cotton wool (c) food stored in the seed (d) the air
- 38.True or false: yeast is needed for sprouting seeds. (a) True (b) False
- 39.🧺 Which of these is not needed for sprouting seeds? (a) cotton wool (b) water (c) moong seeds (d) a balloon
- 40.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) sunlight (b) soil (c) salt (d) water
Answer key
- False
- not needed to sprout
- warmth
- air
- yes, they sprout
- False
- a balloon
- True
- False
- True
- False
- wet seeds by a window
- seeds on wet cotton
- a magnet
- True
- needed to sprout
- True
- the same bowls
- does not sprout
- not needed to sprout
- a battery cell
- sprouts
- not needed
- water
- they have no water
- salt
- True
- True
- warmth
- sunlight
- a magnet
- True
- we keep it the same
- not needed to sprout
- False
- we keep it the same
- food stored in the seed
- False
- a balloon
- water
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